Upon learning this information, one can now look into behavioral differences between the sexes. When speaking on differences of personality/behavior between the two binary sexes, people tend to focus on the idea that men are more “aggressive” than women because of testosterone. However, how does one truly know that one person is more aggressive or less aggressive than another? Yet alone, if one sex is more aggressive. While discussing this topic, it is important to note that when you “Remove the source of testosterone in a species the aggression goes down. Reintroduce it and aggression goes back up” (White 2015). From this one could believe that testosterone plays an enormous part in species that display aggression. But, how is one to know
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When looking at intersex and individuals of other genders, one must take into account both the culturally ascribed gender, and the gender the individual identifies with. Examples include Sulawesi and its’ five genders. “The Bugis acknowledge three sexes (female, male, hermaphrodite), four genders (women, men, calabai, and calalai), and a fifth meta-gender group, the bissu” (Graham 2001). The bissu have their own style of dress and are considered to be born the way they are. “Strictly speaking, calalai means 'false man ' and calabai 'false woman '. However, people are not harassed for identifying as either of these gender categories” (Graham 2001). The existence and open tolerance for these gender roles is fascinating to an outsider. One can only imagine how people would react to a change in the binary system in which the United States labels children. How fewer children would have to hide what they feel inside due to fear of violence or humiliation? Not only does Sulawesi have multiple genders and gender roles, so does India. In certain locales in India a third gender and gender role exists: that of the Hijra. “The Hijras are a religious community of men, who dress and act like women” (Nanda 1999). The difference between the Hijras and the calalai and calabia, is that the hijras undergo an operation on their genitals,
When looking at intersex and individuals of other genders, one must take into account both the culturally ascribed gender, and the gender the individual identifies with. Examples include Sulawesi and its’ five genders. “The Bugis acknowledge three sexes (female, male, hermaphrodite), four genders (women, men, calabai, and calalai), and a fifth meta-gender group, the bissu” (Graham 2001). The bissu have their own style of dress and are considered to be born the way they are. “Strictly speaking, calalai means 'false man ' and calabai 'false woman '. However, people are not harassed for identifying as either of these gender categories” (Graham 2001). The existence and open tolerance for these gender roles is fascinating to an outsider. One can only imagine how people would react to a change in the binary system in which the United States labels children. How fewer children would have to hide what they feel inside due to fear of violence or humiliation? Not only does Sulawesi have multiple genders and gender roles, so does India. In certain locales in India a third gender and gender role exists: that of the Hijra. “The Hijras are a religious community of men, who dress and act like women” (Nanda 1999). The difference between the Hijras and the calalai and calabia, is that the hijras undergo an operation on their genitals,